architecture

A look at design and styles of architecture throughout the years

24 Hours in Boston

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   6 Comments
24 hours in Boston beacon hill
With many projects in the works, the last few months have been busy with filming, photographing and travel. I have a few favorite destinations to share, starting with the most recent. Last week, Susanna and I spent 24 hours in Boston for several events.…
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Sawyer Berson Kips Bay Show House Petit Salon

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   8 Comments
Sawyer Berson Kips Bay Show House Petit Salon
Influenced by one of the great examples of 1930’s Italian residential architecture, the Sawyer Berson Kips Bay Show House Petit Salon is a jewel of restrained elegance. The design vocabulary of Sawyer Berson is a wide ranging one, including both traditional and modern styles encompassing architecture, interiors and landscape projects.…
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Alex Papachristidis Kips Bay Show House Dining Room

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   21 Comments
Alex Papachrisitid Kips Bay Showhouse Dining Room
Enter Alex Papachristidis‘ Kips Bay Show House dining room and you are transported to a tour de force of enchanting elegance. Shades of such early 20th century design titans as Elsie de Wolfe and David Adler and the high style of Mona von Bismarck are evident but you never completely lose sight that you are enveloped in a luxurious lair of modern living.…
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Ojai Valley Inn & Spa

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   9 Comments
Ojai Valley Inn & Spa
While in Ojai to film Brooke and Steve Giannetti at Patina Farm, Susanna and I were fortunate enough to stay at the beautiful Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. It was such a stunning spot that I had to share a little glimpse of our overnight visit.…
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To Los Angeles and Back

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   6 Comments
Patina Farm
I’ve just returned from a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles and back with Susanna Salk that left us, as she describes it, “elated and exhausted.” In addition to filming several exciting At Home with videos, including Brooke and Steve Giannetti‘s magical Patina Farm in Ojai, Patina Farmwe were also working on an exciting new project – a book collaboration. …
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Week of Best Intentions (and Inspiration)

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   4 Comments
Tony Duquette ring at Kentshire
This was a week of best intentions. While I had planned on sharing so many inspiring visits, life just got in the way. But here is a little peek at some of what I hope to post soon. Last week, Kentshire Gallery at Bergdorf’s hosted Hutton Wilkinson for a breakfast debut of his spectacular new Tony Duquette jewelry collection.…
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Past Perfect: Richard Shapiro Houses and Gardens

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   5 Comments
Past Perfect Richard ShapiroPast Perfect Richard Shapiro
Enter Richard Shapiro’s new book Past Perfect and prepare to be transported. Dive into its pages of exquisite photography by Jason Schmidt, sensitively designed by Mary Shanahan, and you will enter another realm. Take a deep breath of air redolent of ancient eras and far off places and then exhale as you make your arrival into his homes full of “serenity, beauty and wonder,” as Mayer Rus so aptly describes it in his foreword.…
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Sneak Peek: A New Look for a Classic Georgian

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   4 Comments
Classic Georgian by Christopher Maya in House Beautiful
When a Chinese family was moving to America, buying their first house on Long Island, they turned to designer Christopher Maya to create interiors that felt traditional yet updated for today. The 1930’s classic Georgian colonial they purchased had great bones and proportion but Maya gutted it to start fresh, adding creative touches and furnishings to the English-inspired decor.…
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At Home with Susanna Salk and Hutton Wilkinson

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   19 Comments
Hutton Wilkinson house
A multi-talented creative force, Hutton Wilkinson began his career at the age of 18 as apprentice to design icon Tony Duquette. He went on to collaborate with Duquette for the next thirty years on a myriad of projects including interiors for such clients as Norton Simon and Jennifer Jones, Doris Duke and John and Dodie Rosecrans.…
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Inside Venice

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   10 Comments
Inside Venice cover
Celebrating the best of Venetian decorative arts, Inside Venice offers us a private view of the city’s most beautiful and rarely seen architectural and interior design jewels. Written by Toto Bergamo Rossi, the director of the Venetian Heritage Foundation, the book transports us to seventy-two mostly private apartments and palazzos, beautifully photographed by Jean-François Jaussaud.…
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